Ad Stars has announced that Ari Halper, Chief Creative Officer at FCB New York, is joining Ad Stars 2018 as an Executive Judge.
Halper joined FCB New York in early 2016, producing important campaigns for social good such as the ‘Little Lungs’ anti-smoking campaign and ‘Student Body Armor’ for Cocks Not Glocks, a gun-safety campaign that disarms people by entertaining them.
“Ad Stars is a festival that truly believes in creativity’s power to change the world for the better, which resonates with our own values at FCB New York,” said Halper. “I’m expecting to see ground-breaking ideas from all over the world. Also, as a shameless foodie, I’m pretty excited to check out the culinary scene in South Korea.”
In 2017, AdWeek named Halper as one of 15 Chief Creative Officers in the United States who are “Inspiring the Advertising of Tomorrow”.
At Ad Stars 2018, he will lead the Film and Video Stars categories as one of five Executive Judges. The other Executive Judges are Anna Qvennerstedt, Copywriter and Chairman of the Board at Forsman & Bodenfors in Sweden; Wooh Hoh, Chief Creative Officer of Hakuhodo Asia Pacific; Toby Talbot, Chief Creative Officer of Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand and Joji Jacob, Co-Founder and Creative Partner at BLK J in Singapore.